Addressing-machine.



J'. S. DUNGN.

ADDRESSlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLM) JULYsL 1512.

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N Ch m unire sri-riens riiriiiivfr ornic- JOSEPH s. DUNCAN, or cutaneo, iniiiivois, assioivcn so iinnnnssoonsrii contraint,

" or ciiicAGo, ILLINOIS, A ccsronarioiv or iLLiii'oIs.

D'DESSNGLMACEINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'resented sept, s, isili,

Original application filed April 5, 1912, Serial No. $2,635. Divided and this application filed July 23,

To'all fifi'om 'it may concern Be it known that l, Josemi tw. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States, residing vat Chicago, in the county of Cool; and State oi" illinois, have invented certain new and usen ful improvements in ldilressiidg-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for printing addresses or other vsubject-matter on envelops and the like and constitutesv a division of my prior application, Serial lv o. 688,635. filed April 1l)12,no\v Patent No. 1,080,202 dated Dec. 2, 1013. n

",Onc of the objects of the invention is the provision of a bed or member for supporL-` ing lthe printing device during the printing operation in a substantial and rigid manner to insure the maintenance vof Ithe printing characters in 'a common plane, sol that uniform and homogeneous impressions may be produced therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to so mount the supporting bed that it `will be normally disposed beneath the path of travel of the printing devices as they are moved consecutively to printing position fronra supply and to provide mechanism for raising the 'bed into engagement with each printingA device disposed thereover so that the deviccAivill be supported and reinforced b v the bed during the printingv operation.

(,ther objects and advantages of the' present invention will be apparent from 'the following description when considered in connection with the aceoinpauving drawings illus ating one pieferred embodiment thereof. c i

Referring to the draivings-Figure 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional View of au addressing machine vshowing so much thereof as necessary to an understanding of .the present invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional vieivtlirough a printing levice, the bed and the operating slide; and ldig. 3 is a sectional vieu' on the lire f--S of Fig. 2.

On the drawings, 4 designates the main frame of the machine upon which the various mechanisms are mounted. The printing devices. which preferably consist each of a metallic plate 5 provided with longitudinally disposedopcn-ended slots 0 in which are positioned the individualv type T arranged to produce the. desired printed ad- Seriel No. 711,112.

dresses, are fed from a common supply, preferably a magazine (not shown) located at the rear of the machine, to printing position by ay chain carrier S, or other suitable meclianisui. One of the sprocket wheels around which this carrier travels is indicated at 9 and is mounted upon a shaft 1.1 in the main frame 4e. An envelop plate 12", upon 'which the envelops or other matter to oe printed :are supported, is disposed above the printing device when iii printing position and is ipi'ovided With an opening 13 through which the impressions are produced on the envelope. A suitable platen 14 adapted to cooperate with the printing devices is fino'unted in a frame Any suitable finechanism may be employed for operating' fthe envelop plate and the platen, one prac tical construction being fully disclosed in the aforo-mentioned application of which the present application constitutes -adiivision.

, rlhe envelope or other malter to be print# ed are fed by hand or suitable mechanism into printing position above the openingwl in the envelop plate and the printing devicesare fed consecutively to printing position beneath this opening 'by a chain carrier or other suitable mechanism, as previously stated. ii'order that uniform and homogeneous impressions may be made from rthe individual types of the printing devices', I have provided a bed 16 which is secured upon a yoke 17, the rearwardly extend-ing arms of which are pivotally mounted upon the main frame of the machine at 18. Nor mally 'the bed 16 is disposed beneath 'the pla ne of the travel of the printing devices so as not to interfere With their movement. [it the proper time, however, and after a, printing device has been stopped in printing position beneath the opening 13, the bed is elevated to Contact With the bottom of the device and "rigidly support the same during the printing operation. The bed as shown is formed on its under side to provide a pliilili;

rality of inclined or cani surfaces 19. Bei neath the bed there is disposed a slide 2l.

the bed. The slide 21 extends reervverdly,gliI

the machine and is pivotally connected at its rear end at 23 with an arm 2li secured upon Lidl e roclq shaft. Qinounted in the machine .f

tion, viewing liig. l.y with the result that thel Slide' 2l. is moved torvxn'x'd to raise the bed lo into engagement with the undereide'ot' the printing. device. lpe-n return of the Slide to normal positifwxn the bed retracted or redrziwn 'from the printing position by e tension Spring 2U secured :it one end Yto u 4 l n I y 1 pin 2.7 projecting trom the end oit the volte 1.7 end et its other end to the shaft ll, or any other point. n

l have round that the beet resnlts are obtained when the printing,` device is supported between the linee o1". printing characters rather than beneath the 'hnrectcrs themselves and l haie, therefore, provided the.

raised, to engage the printing device be tween the lines of characters and rigidly support the saune during the printing operetion. lt will be observed kthat vthe bases of the printing characters 7 are also tapered beneath the plate tov permit the 'ribs or pro jections 28 to enter readily tlfierebetvvcen and Contact with the plate between .the type-receiving slots. L-l rigid and substantial support is, therefore, el'l'orded for the printing,- device during the printing voperation and.y ritter the printing; operation has been completed, the Support is retracted or `withdrawn to permit the printing device 'Lovpase on to the deliveigY end of the carrier, and a Succeeding device to be carried intoprinting position. in inling ribbontnot Shown) is preferably mounted to travel between the print-ing devices sind the pinten and5 in the present instance, l have rovidcd euiteble guideweys 39 on the bottoni of the envelop plate 12 in which the ribbon may be guided, it desired p llt is believed that my invention will be understood from the foregoing without further description and, it will be under appended claims.

l claim:

l. ln an addressing machine,l the combine tion ot e plete carrying addressee composed of 'lines oil type Supported by the plete to en 'tend both above and beneath pletef e.

movable bed provided with 'parallel to vsupport the plete between the lines of type, Iseid bed ribs and the portion of the type extending beneath the late being tapered in a direction perellelwlth tlielnes-ot type to facilitate the entrance ot' the bed ribs; be* tween the lines7 and ineens including; e, pivoted yoke provided Awith inclined farces and ineens; cooperating therewitlrlor elevating aid bed into engagement with the plate.

2. n an. addressing machine1 the combination of e plate provided with parallel slote7 type disposed in seid slots and projecting; above sind beneath the plete, e, movable bed provided with parallel ribs adopted to Sup port the plete between the rows type, seid type being taperedqparallel the lines of type beneath the pleite and seid bed ribs being also tapered to facilitate tbe entrance ol' the bed ribs between the. lines., endmeens including e plnrelity of paire et coperatie@ inclined relatively movable trices tor elevare.M ing the bed et predetermined intervals to bringl the ribs into engagement with plate between the rowe et type., y

3. ln an `riddreseing machine, the combine tionot e bedgprovded with ribs adapted to form e support for a printing device be tween the lines of type thereof, ay pivoted yoke upon which said bed is mounted ro vided with a plurelity of perellelly inclined faces on its lower side, a reciprocetory slide arranged beneath said bed and lprovided with correspondingly inclined i12/ieee adapted to engage said inclined feces oli the bed, und incanta for actuating Said slide to reise and lower Said bed JOSEPl-l Si. UUNGR llitnesses lim di l'lvlliieolv, Lerner. Jolene. 

